This is two coats and fully opaque. Very similar to Chinchilly and Sew Psyched in formulation, applied very easily and fabulously glossy - no topcoat in the picture!
It's a murky purple not so far removed from OPI Parlez Vous, OPI? however this definitely has a more mauve look to it. It's unique in my collection and fills a whole I didn't know I had. I can see me wearing this lots!
In general, I'm finding Essie longevity to be very good, I can get a good 3 days without chipping or tipwear whereas my OPIs tend to average at 2 (though I do find the designer series last longer.) It will be interesting to see if this continues as I collect more Essies, I only have 3 at the moment so perhaps I've been lucky with no duffs.
Onto something else... my lips are feeling the effects of the British winter already so I ordered the following from Dorothy Perkins for £3 each.
I was sucked in by the cupcake packaging and the scrummy sounding flavours. I opened up Very Vanilla to find the lipbalm was bright red! Not what I was expecting from something vanilla cupcake flavoured. Thankfully the garish colour doesn't transfer onto the lip! The scent is a bit artificial - I get hints of coconut and maybe strawberry but it's quite fake-smelling if that makes sense - not unpleasant, just not what I was expecting! They are averagely moisturising, my lips feel smooth and soft after application but I doubt it would be effective on full on chapped lips. I'll stick to Carmex on those occasions, I think.
So overall, not fantastic but not bad for the money and hey, you can never have too many lipbalms :)
